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    <p>
        <a class="indexterm" name="asio.indexterm.executor.defer"></a>
        Request the executor to invoke
        the given function object.
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    <pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span>
    <span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">Function</span><span class="special">,</span>
    <span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">Allocator</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">defer</span><span class="special">(</span>
    <span class="identifier">Function</span> <span class="special">&amp;&amp;</span> <span
                class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">,</span>
    <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">Allocator</span> <span
                class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">)</span> <span
                class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">;</span>
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        This function is used to ask the executor to execute the given function
        object. The function object is executed according to the rules of the target
        executor object.
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            <dt><span class="term">f</span></dt>
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                    The function object to be called. The executor will make a copy of
                    the handler object as required. The function signature of the function
                    object must be:
                </p>
                <pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">void</span> <span
                        class="identifier">function</span><span class="special">();</span>
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            <dt><span class="term">a</span></dt>
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                An allocator that may be used by the executor to allocate the internal
                storage needed for function invocation.
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